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Subject:        Announcement: Fellowship in the History of Cartography
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:04:30 -0400
From:   Matthew Edney <[log in to unmask]>
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David Woodward Memorial Fellowship in the History of Cartography, 2010-2011

Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Applications are solicited for an annual two-month memorial fellowship
in honor of David Woodward, a founding editor of *The History of
Cartography*. The fellowship is made possible by the generosity of
Arthur and Janet Holzheimer. The purpose of this fellowship is to
attract a scholar to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus to
research and write on a subject related to the history of cartography.
The fellow chosen for the 2010-2011 academic year will focus on a period
relevant to any of the last three volumes (Four through Six) of *The
History of Cartography* series, which cover the modern era from ca. 1650
to 2000; preference will be given to work that compliments one of the
three volumes.

The two-month residence, taken at any time between July 2010 and June
2011, will be at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, which
will provide office space and will provide other facilities and support
given to scholars at the Institute. Participation in the scholarly
community of the Institute is strongly encouraged. The stipend is $3,500
per month for two months. The selection of the fellow will be made on
the recommendation of the editors of Volumes Four and Six and of the
Executive Committee of the Institute for Research in the Humanities.

The Institute for Research in the Humanities, founded in 1959 as the
first institute in North America devoted solely to the support and
encouragement of humanistic scholarship, is located in the heart of the
campus of the University of Wisconsin—Madison. The Institute supports
research in the traditional humanistic areas of literature, history, and
philosophy; it also promotes interdisciplinary scholarship, while
cultivating methodological diversity and breadth. For more information,
consult http://www.wisc.edu/irh/.

The University of Wisconsin Libraries are particularly well suited to
humanistic and cartographic scholarship. Memorial Library (with three
million volumes) is the principal research facility on campus for the
humanities and social sciences and has an excellent collection of
historical monographs and reference books. It also houses an extensive
periodical collection. The Department of Special Collections contains
the Chester H. Thordarson Collection in the history of science and is
strong in the history of books and printing. The Geography Library
contains the University of Wisconsin—Madison's primary collection of
geography and cartography. This library is in Science Hall, the location
of the Geography Department and the Robinson Map Library. For more
information, consult http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/. The History
of Cartography Project, also housed in Science Hall, maintains an
archive of articles and illustrations used in previous volumes, and its
staff is available for consultation.

Applicants for the David Woodward Memorial Fellowship, who should hold a
Ph.D. or equivalent, should submit an application form and a proposal
not exceeding four double spaced pages explaining what they intend to
study during the two-month residence and what the end product is likely
to be. A simple application form and further information about the
Fellowship and Institute is available on request from:

Loretta Freiling
Institute for Research in the Humanities
University Club Building
432 E. Campus Mall
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-262-3855
Fax: 608-265-4173
Email: [log in to unmask]

The deadline for completed applications for the 2010-2011 Fellowship is
*19 February 2010*. Applicants will be informed of the committee’s
decision before the end of April 2010.

Please forward to appropriate venues.


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Matthew H. Edney
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~edney

Osher Chair in the History of Cartography
University of Southern Maine
http://www.usm.maine.edu/maps

Director, History of Cartography Project
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/